Ramblings of love, politics, happenings, and a mid-mid life crisis

Will you be my Facebook friend?

I‘ll admit it – I’m pretty much a Facebook addict. I check it almost every day to see what people are up to…see if any one has posted any new pictures. They have just added this new feature that lists people that you might know as potential friends. If you have several friends in common, this person is added to to your potential friend list. This brings up an issue I’ve had this social networking site — asking someone…more specifically, mere acquaintances, to be my Facebook friend.

I guess I’m afraid that when I send someone a friend request, they are going to look at it and say…”Who is Sara?? I really don’t know who this is at all!” I feel all… exposed. The other day, I sent a friend request to someone I thought I knew from high school, but after I received the confirmation, I realized it wasn’t the same person. This guy must have been so confused!! But, let’s be honest. The reverse happens to me all the time. Most of the time, I can look at the potential friends profile to deduce how I know him/her. But there are a few cases of friend requests I just approve it anyway without having any recollection of how I know that person. I don’t want to be mean if they think we are friends!

So, now I get updates on my home page from people I don’t really know. Hmm….I sure hope they at least upload some cool pictures…

(Well speaking of pictures, I have noticed an interesting trend in Facebook photo albums. When I first joined ‘back in the day’ in college, the majority of albums contained photos of friends, trips, crazy parties…etc. Slowly, it progressed to weddings and new houses. Now, it seems like everyone is having kids and all the albums have pictures of babies!! BABIES! I should probably add this to the list of reasons I feel old from a previous blog entry. haha! )